Pet grooming comb capable of adjusting combing angle

ABSTRACT

A pet grooming comb includes a grip having a plurality of first coupling portions circularly arranged around a longitudinal axis thereof and a comb head having a plurality of teeth and a second coupling portion selectively coupled to one of the first coupling portions. Thus, a user can adjust a setting angle of the comb head relative to the grip by means of the engagement of one of the first coupling portions of the grip with the second coupling portion of the comb head, thereby enhancing convenience of use.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates generally to pet supplies, and morespecifically to a pet grooming comb that can allow adjustment of thecombing angle conveniently.

2. Description of the Related Art

A conventional pet grooming comb generally includes a grip, a comb headfixed to the grip, and a plurality of teeth fixed to the comb head suchthat a user can hold the grip to force the teeth to comb a pet's hair.

Since the comb head is fixed to the grip and unrotatable, the teeth thatare fixed to the comb head face a fixed direction. However, a pet hasdifferent characteristics of hair at different positions, and thereforea user needs to adjust a holding angle of the pet grooming comb orchange a way of holding the grip to enable the teeth to approach thepet's skin for combing the pet's hair. Thus, it can be seen that theconventional pet grooming comb has the drawback of requiring strenuousefforts to operate, resulting in inconvenience of use.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention has been accomplished in view of the above-notedcircumstances. It is one objective of the present invention to provide apet grooming comb, which can adjust its combing angle for a user'soperation

To achieve this objective of the present invention, the pet groomingcomb comprises a grip and a comb head. The grip has a plurality of firstcoupling portions circularly arranged around a longitudinal axisthereof. The comb head has a plurality of teeth and a second couplingportion selectively coupled to one of the first coupling portions.

Accordingly, a user can adjust a setting angle of the comb head relativeto the grip by means of the engagement of one of the first couplingportions of the grip with the second coupling portion of the comb headfor enabling the user to choose a laborsaving angle to operate the petgrooming comb, thereby enhancing the convenience of use.

Further scope of applicability of the present invention will becomeapparent from the detailed description given hereinafter. However, itshould be understood that the detailed description and specificexamples, while indicating preferred embodiments of the invention, aregiven by way of illustration only, since various changes andmodifications within the spirit and scope of the invention will becomeapparent to those skilled in the art from this detailed description.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present invention will become more fully understood from thedetailed description given herein below and the accompanying drawingswhich are given by way of illustration only, and thus are not limitativeof the present invention, and wherein:

FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a pet grooming comb according to apreferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the pet grooming comb according to thepreferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line 3-3 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line 4-4 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a top view of the grip of the pet grooming comb according tothe preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the grip of the pet grooming comb accordingto the preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is an exploded bottom view of the comb bar and the comb plate ofthe pet grooming comb according to the preferred embodiment of thepresent invention;

FIG. 8 is an assembled sectional view of the comb bar and the comb plateof the pet grooming comb according to the preferred embodiment of thepresent invention;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the pet grooming comb according to thepreferred embodiment of the present invention, showing the comb head isrotated by 90 degrees compared with the pet grooming comb shown in FIG.2;

FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along line 10-10 of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is an exploded view of the comb head of the pet grooming combaccording to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, showinga comb plate that has different type of teeth is provided, and

FIG. 12 is similar to FIG. 11, but showing another comb plate that hasdifferent type of teeth is provided.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a pet grooming comb 10 in accordance with apreferred embodiment of the present invention comprises a grip 20, twodecorative boards 30 and 32, and a comb head 40.

The grip 20 has a housing 50 and a shaft 60. The housing 50 has a headportion 52, a body portion 54, a first concavity 522 at each of top andbottom sides of the head portion 52 for accommodation of a user's thumbor forefinger, a second concavity 542 at a top side of the body portion54, and a third concavity 544 at a bottom side of the body portion 54.The housing 50 has an inner cambered surface 562 at an inner peripherythereof, and an inner plane 564 opposite to the inner cambered surface562, as shown in FIG. 4. Further, the body portion 54 has a first outerthrough hole 546 penetrating through top and bottom sides of the bodyportion 54 in communication with the second concavity 542 and the thirdconcavity 544 and the shaft hole, and two second outer through holes 548penetrating through the top side of the body portion 54 in communicationwith the second concavity 542 and the shaft hole and located at placescorresponding to two opposite sides of the first outer through hole 546.In addition, a junction of the head portion 52 and the body portion 54is inwardly shrunken to form two opposite inwardly curved surfaces 56,and a plurality of anti-slip blocks 58 are spacedly provided at each ofthe curved surfaces 56 and arranged in a straight manner from the headportion 52 to the body portion 54 for providing a skidproof effect.

The shaft 60 has an outer cambered surface 602, an outer plane 604opposite to the outer cambered surface 602, an inner through hole 62penetrating through top and bottom sides thereof, and two mounting holes64 recessed from the top side thereof. The shaft 60 is inserted into thehousing 50 in such a manner that the inner through hole 62 and themounting holes 64 are respectively aligned with the first outer throughhole 546 and the second outer through holes 548, and the outer camberedsurface 602 and the outer plane 604 are respectively abutted against theinner cambered surface 562 and the inner plane 564, resulting in thatthe shaft 60 is not rotatable relative to the housing 50 randomly.Further, the shaft 60 has eight first coupling portions 66, which arerecesses in this embodiment, equiangularly, spacedly and circularlyarranged at a periphery thereof around a longitudinal axis of the shaft60.

The decorative board 30 has a first post 302 inserted in the first outerthrough hole 546 of the housing 50 and the inner through hole 62 of theshaft 60, and two second posts 304 respectively inserted in the secondouter through holes 548 of the housing 50, and the mounting holes 64 ofthe shaft 60 such that the decorative board 30 is accommodated in thesecond concavity 542, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 5. The decorative board 32has a third post 322 inserted in the first post 302 of the decorativeboard 30 through the first outer through hole 546 and the inner throughhole 62 such that the decorative board 32 is accommodated in the thirdconcavity 544, as shown in FIG. 6. As a result, the shaft 60 can notmove along an axial direction of the housing 50 due to the engagement ofthe decorative boards 30 and 32, and patterns or trademarks can bedesigned on the decorative boards 30 and 32 according to the user'sneed.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the comb head 40 has a comb bar 42 and a combplate 44. The comb bar 42 has a first end 422 of a tubular form providedat an inner periphery thereof with a second coupling portion 46, whichis a protrusion in this embodiment and selectively insertable into oneof the first coupling portions 66, i.e., recesses, of the shaft 60 suchthat the comb bar 42 can be set to one of eight angles relative to thegrip 20, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 10, a second end 424, and an insertiongroove 426 extending from the second end 424 toward the first end 422.The comb plate 44 has a base portion 441, a block 48 at a distal end ofthe base portion 441, two dots 482 respectively provided at two oppositesides of the base portion 441 and adjacent to the block 48, and aplurality of teeth 443 rotatably mounted on the base portion 441. Thecomb plate 44 is fitted to the comb bar 42 in such a way that the baseportion 441 is inserted into the insertion groove 426 until the block 48is abutted against the second end 424 of the comb bar 42, and the dots482 are stopped against a periphery of the insertion groove 426.

By the aforesaid design, when the user would like to adjust the angle ofthe comb head 40 relative to the grip 20, the user can draw the comb bar42 away from the shaft 60 of the grip 20 to make the second couplingportion 46, i.e. protrusion, leave away from one of the first couplingportions 66, i.e. recesses, and then reinsert the second couplingportion 46, i.e. protrusion, of the comb bar 42 into another firstcoupling portion 66, i.e. recess, of the shaft 60 of the grip 20according to the user's need, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10. As a result,the comb head 40 is rotatable and fixable to a specific angle relativeto the grip 20 to enable the user to comb the pet's hair effortlessly.Further, when holding the grip 20, the user can hold the body portion 54of the housing 50 to exert a force or place a thumb or forefinger oneither of the concavities 522 of the top and bottom sides of the headportion 52 of the housing 50 for enabling the user to operate the grip20 more comfortably and effortlessly due to its ergonomic design.

In addition, because of the 360-degree rotatable teeth 443, the pet'shair won't be knotted; moreover, when the user would like to changedifferent type of teeth 443, the user can draw the base portion 441 ofthe comb plate 44 away from the insertion groove 426 of the comb bar 42to detach the comb plate 44 from the comb bar 42, and then insert a newcomb plate, such as the comb plate denoted by reference numeral 70 inFIG. 11, that has different kind of teeth into the insertion groove 426of the comb bar 42. As shown in FIG. 11, the teeth 72 of the comb plate70 each have a sphere 74 at a distal end thereof to increase the contactarea between each one of the teeth 72 and the pet's hair. FIG. 12 showsanother comb plate 90 that has double rows of tapered teeth 92 toprevent the pet's hair from knotting.

Certainly, the pet grooming comb of the present invention can be madewith various kinds of design on the basis of the spirit of the presentinvention. For example, the first concavity is not necessary to beformed on each of the top and bottom sides of the head portion. It canbe formed on either of the top and bottom sides of the head portion.Further, the body portion of the housing and the shaft can berespectively provided with one or more second outer through holes andmounting holes, or even the arrangement of the second outer throughholes and the mounting holes can be eliminated. Besides, the firstcoupling portions of the grip and the second coupling portion of thecomb head can be exchanged but not limited to the above-mentionedembodiment. In other words, the first coupling portions can be designedto be provided at the comb bar of the comb head, and the second couplingportion can be designed to be provided at the shaft of the grip.Further, the shaft can be eliminated if the recesses are directly formedon the periphery of the shaft hole of the housing.

The invention being thus described, it will be obvious that the same maybe varied in many ways. Such variations are not to be regarded as adeparture from the spirit and scope of the invention, and all suchmodifications as would be obvious to one skilled in the art are intendedto be included within the scope of the following claims.

1. A pet grooming comb comprising: a grip having a plurality of firstcoupling portions circularly arranged around a longitudinal axisthereof; and a comb head having a plurality of teeth and a secondcoupling portion selectively coupled to one of the first couplingportions of the grip; wherein each of said first coupling portions ofsaid grip is a recess, and said second coupling portion of said combhead is a protrusion, the first coupling portions of said grip having aconstant dimension.
 2. The pet grooming comb as claimed in claim 1,wherein said grip has a housing and a shaft inserted in said housing andprovided with said first coupling portions.
 3. The pet grooming comb asclaimed in claim 2, wherein an inner periphery of said housing of saidgrip has an inner cambered surface and an inner plane opposite to saidinner cambered surface, and an outer periphery of said shaft has anouter cambered surface abutted against said inner cambered surface andan outer plane opposite to said outer cambered surface and abuttedagainst said inner plane.
 4. The pet grooming comb as claimed in claim2, wherein said housing of said grip has a head portion, a body portion,a concavity at either of top and bottom sides of said head portion, andtwo opposite curved surfaces at a junction of said head portion and saidbody portion.
 5. The pet grooming comb as claimed in claim 4, furthercomprising a plurality of anti-slip blocks spacedly provided at each ofsaid curved surfaces and arranged in a straight manner from said headportion to said body portion.
 6. The pet grooming comb as claimed inclaim 4, further comprising two decorative boards, wherein said bodyportion is provided at each of top and bottom sides with a concavity foraccommodation of the decorative boards.
 7. The pet grooming comb asclaimed in claim 6, wherein said body portion of said housing has anouter through hole penetrating through said top and bottom sides thereofand communicating with said concavities of said top and bottom sidesthereof, and said shaft has an inner through hole aligned with saidouter through hole, and said decorative boards each have a post insertedin said outer and inner through holes, wherein said post of one of saiddecorative boards is inserted in said post of the other of saiddecorative boards.
 8. The pet grooming comb as claimed in claim 6,wherein said body portion of said housing has a first outer through holepenetrating through top and bottom sides thereof and communicating withsaid concavities of said top and bottom sides thereof, and a secondouter through hole penetrating through one of said top and bottom sidesof the body portion to communicate with one of said concavities of saidtop and bottom sides of the body portion; said shaft having an innerthrough hole aligned with said first outer through hole and a mountinghole aligned with said second outer through hole; one of said decorativeboards has a first post inserted in said first outer through hole andsaid inner through hole and a second post inserted in said second outerthrough hole and said mounting hole, and the other of said decorativeboards has a third post inserted in said first post through said firstouter through hole and said inner through hole.
 9. The pet grooming combas claimed in claim 8, wherein said body portion of said housing has twosaid outer second through holes, and said shaft has two said mountingholes, and one of said decorative boards has two said second postsrespectively inserted in said second outer through holes and saidmounting holes.
 10. The pet grooming comb as claimed in claim 2, whereinthe first coupling portions of the shaft are equiangularly, spacedly andcircularly arranged at a periphery thereof around a longitudinal axis ofthe shaft.
 11. The pet grooming comb as claimed in claim 1, wherein saidcomb head has a comb bar provided with said second coupling portion, anda comb plate provided with a base portion detachably mounted to saidcomb bar and said teeth mounted to said base portion.
 12. The petgrooming comb as claimed in claim 11, wherein said comb bar of said combhead has an insertion groove for insertion of said base portion of saidcomb plate.
 13. The pet grooming comb as claimed in claim 12, whereinsaid base portion of said comb plate has two dots abutted against aperiphery of said insertion groove of said comb bar.
 14. The petgrooming comb as claimed in claim 11, wherein said comb bar has a firstend provided with said second coupling portion and a second end abuttedagainst a block of a distal end of said base portion of said comb plate.15. The pet grooming comb as claimed in claim 1, wherein the firstcoupling portions of the shaft are equiangularly, spacedly andcircularly arranged at a periphery thereof around a longitudinal axis ofthe shaft.